China’s expanding zero-tariff access for 63 lower-income countries — 53 of them African — is far more than a developmental courtesy or a technical adjustment of customs schedules. It is a deliberate geostrategic lever in Beijing’s long-term competition with the United States and Europe for influence over the Global South. It also reflects a growing […]
Author Archives: Bob Savic
Bob Savic is a partner with ApacEuroTrade LLP advising on Asia-Pacific trade strategies, a senior fellow with the UK-based Global Policy Institute, London UK, and a visiting professor with Nottingham University, writing on international relations including his new book The Re-emergence of China – The New Global Era, published by World Scientific in Singapore.
